AHCA/NCAL names new board leaders, Parkinson says providers’ survival depends on quality improvement
By
Tim Mullaney
Oct 10, 2013
Leonard Russ will lead the American Health Care Association’s Board of Governors as its new chairman, the organization has announced. The nation’s largest long-term care provider association...
Sorting out the antipsychotic quality measures
By
Steven Littlehale
Mar 05, 2013
While antipsychotic measurements can vary, providers must carefully and thoroughly examine all antipsychotic medication use in their facility.
Study finds high resident use of antipsychotics in Nova Scotia
By
Rachael Zimlich
Feb 15, 2023
A new study reveals a startling trend in how people with dementia are being medically managed in long-term care facilities in one Canadian province.
Antipsychotics report will have severe side effects
By
John O'Connor
Jul 13, 2012
Antipsychotic drugs are often used to calm residents with dementia. This reality is common knowledge among most people who have spent more than a few minutes in a nursing facility. But it is apparently...
No wonder so many have pounding headaches
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 16, 2017
A very wise man once told me that when your only tool is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
CMS debuts antipsychotic drug reduction program
By
McKnight's Staff
May 30, 2012
Federal officials unveiled a medication reduction initiative with an ambitious goal: trimming antipsychotic drug use among residents by 15% this year. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’...
A time for providers to savor the good
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 11, 2015
It’s true that there is danger in not stopping to smell the roses. Yet, in long-term care, it’s understandable if you do just that, given how many hassles are tossed your way.
With scope unknown, nursing homes brace for new schizophrenia audits
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 10, 2023
Three weeks after federal officials announced they would begin auditing nursing homes for overuse of schizophrenia diagnoses, providers are still looking for answers about what those investigations will...
Ask the legal expert … about antipsychotic medication liability
By
John Durso
Dec 01, 2013
I’m an administrator who’s read all of this stuff about overuse of antipsychotics on long-term care residents. I like and trust my director of nursing, medical director and clinical staff —...
Audits trigger new concern over aging CMS antipsychotic standards
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 03, 2023
Worries over federal audits designed to monitor nursing homes for inappropriate schizophrenia diagnosing continued to mount as some providers learned they had “failed” their check-ups months into the...